Get pumped! The Rose City’s men’s soccer team, the Portland Timbers, are beginning their 2017 campaign. You can follow them each week with the People’s Ink’s own C.I. DeMann, whose soccer column “Six Degrees” enters its fifth year at SlideRulePass.org. With weekly reactions to all 34 games (and hopefully more in the playoffs), C.I. will be busy pounding out

People’s Ink writer Tim O’Neal has recently been published on Plaid Zebra. His article on a tiny home village for the homeless of Portland came out on February 26th. You can read it here. Congratulations, Tim!

You’ve probably heard of NaNoWriMo, but now it’s time for NaNoEdMo! National Novel Editing Month is a free, online event for all writers to make a major push on rewriting & editing their projects, learn how to edit faster & smarter, and enjoy the benefits of a month of community, goals and rewards like NaNoWriMo. Sign up

People’s Ink writer Taylor Zajonc is having a book launch party and you’re invited! Join him for the launch of his upcoming novel RED SUN ROGUE at Broadway Books of Portland! Food, drinks, book signings and friends. If you haven’t already purchased a copy, you can support the fantastic folks at indie Broadway Books by

From October 12th to January 12th, Tor.com will be considering novellas of 20,000-40,000 words that fit the epic fantasy, sword and sorcery, high fantasy, or quest fantasy genres, whether set on Earth or on an original fantasy world. However, they will only be considering novellas that inhabit worlds that are not modeled on European cultures.

People’s Ink writer Amber Cook has a story called “Suspended Animation” in the Northwest Independent Writers Association’s 2016 anthology ARTIFACT that was released at ORYCON 38 in November. What do you do if you’re the glorified cruise director on an interstellar journey, and the only one the ship’s AI wakes up when it’s boarded by unknown aliens—and

The deadline is approaching for the Multnomah County Public Library Project. From October 11 to December 15, 2016, the library will accept submissions from local authors who would like to see their books added to the library’s e-book collection. Click here to find out how it will work.

NATIONAL NOVEL EDITING MONTH is coming in March! This is a free, online event for all writers to make a major push on rewriting & editing their projects, learn how to edit faster & smarter, and enjoy the benefits of a month of community, goals, and rewards, just like NaNoWriMo. Sign up at www.nanoedmo.com, or